The committees of the House of Representatives will receive several petitions on Tuesday, April 15, as they do every meeting week. Citizens and organizations who want to voice their opinions come to the building of the House of Representatives to do so in the form of a petition presentation. This time, the members of parliament will receive eight petitions.
The petition presentation will take place between 1:15 PM and 2:00 PM in the central hall of the House of Representatives, the Statenpassage. Citizens and organizations will present the petitions to various committees. Members of parliament from those committees will come to the Statenpassage to receive the petitions.
Petitions on Tuesday, April 15
- 1:15 PM: petition to declare the Easter fire and shooting with carbid in the Lower Saxony area as intangible heritage on behalf of the foundation De Mammoet to the committee for Education, Culture and Science;
- 1:15 PM: petition to stop censorship in research focused on sex, gender, and diversity in the knowledge and care sector. This petition is submitted on behalf of scientists, care professionals, policymakers, and citizens to the committee for Health, Welfare, and Sport;
- 1:30 PM: petition Call Against the Strictest Asylum Regime Ever to the committee for Asylum and Migration;
- 1:30 PM: petition Fly or Fall? Towards a Good Financial Start for Status Holders in Municipalities on behalf of VluchtelingenWerk Nederland to the committee for Social Affairs and Employment;
- 1:30 PM: petition to require educational institutions to exempt students doing a board year from tuition fees. This petition is submitted on behalf of ISO and LKvV (National Chamber of Associations) to the committee for Education, Culture, and Science.
- 1:45 PM: petition regarding integration and issues in tenders on behalf of the Dutch Council for Training and Education (NRTO) and MBO Council to the committee for Justice and Security.
- 1:45 PM: petition regarding the recognition of the Armenian genocide on behalf of the Federation of Armenian Organizations Netherlands (FAON) to the committee for Foreign Affairs.
- 1:45 PM: petition regarding income decline of employees at work development companies on behalf of Cedris to the committee for Social Affairs and Employment.
What is a petition?
A petition is a way for citizens and organizations to make their voice heard. The petition can be about government plans that the submitters disagree with, or about a topic that they believe is not receiving enough attention in the House.
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In addition to voting in elections, there are other ways for citizens to exert influence on politics; the petition is one of them. Read more at This is how the House works.